TDK says 3TB hard drives coming later this year

TDK’s most recent roadmap shows some new developments. The most important thing I found in this presentation was a roadmap for the next generation of HDD read/write heads.

TDK shows prototype of next-generation HDD read/write heads using lasers

At this years CEATEC in Japan, TDK will provide details about their latest advancements in HDD read/write heads. These are widely believed to be the next bottleneck when improving storage density on hard disks; one of the problems when increasing the amount of data stored on a HDD platter is heat fluctuation; when magnetic storage media heat [...]